Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Butter Cream

I recently invited a few girlfriends over for an afternoon tea and catch up. And since it was after Easter, I used up the last of my chocolate eggs as cute cupcake decorations. They looked so pretty! I used a recipe based on Donna Hay’s Chocolate Cupcake recipe, but I just used less sugar. It’s a pretty good basic chocolate cupcake recipe. I would have liked it to be a bit more moist, but it has a nice chocolatey taste. Donna Hay’s Chocolate Cupcake (Makes about 16) 125g butter, softened ½ cup milk ¾ cup caster sugar (I used ½ cup) 100g dark chocolate, melted 2 eggs 1¼ cups plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 12 small chunks of dark chocolate, extra Chocolate Butter Cream Icing 250g butter, softened 2 cups icing sugar mixture, sifted ½ cup cocoa powder, sifted 2 tablespoons milk Preheat oven to 160°C. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an...